Climate averages 1991–2020

Jega weather
in November.

A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.9°C Daytime mean, November

Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, November

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

November is a very hot month in Jega: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In November its highs average 35.8°C, about as warm as Jega, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks 4th of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 31.5°C; Jega is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jega climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jega, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	33.2°C18.9°C	18.9°C	0	0.0	11.511 h
February	36.2°C21.0°C	21.0°C	0.2	0.0	11.712 h
March	39.3°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.112 h
April	40.3°C26.6°C	26.6°C	5.9	1.3	12.412 h
May	38.2°C27.3°C	27.3°C	34	6.4	12.713 h
June	35.3°C25.9°C	25.9°C	57	9.5	12.813 h
July	31.7°C24.2°C	24.2°C	113	16.5	12.813 h
August	30.0°C23.3°C	23.3°C	216	21.0	12.513 h
September	31.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	96	11.8	12.212 h
October	34.7°C23.8°C	23.8°C	20	4.2	11.912 h
November, selected	35.9°C21.3°C	21.3°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
December	33.8°C19.5°C	19.5°C	0	0.0	11.411 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

November in nearby cities

Distance from Jega

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.